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Short Stories #201 – 300

Active – Daria…Actor – Kiss Me Barabbas flops; Georgina bites backActual – The Loch Ness is not so complexActuarial – Mob accountant chickens outActuate – Farnham’s machine eats secretsAcuity – Two pigeons on a telephone wireAculeate – It’s about something dirtyAcumen – A business haikuAcuminate – Hideous creatures on the moonAcupuncture – Rebecca reconsiders LA medicineAcute – Renard Billings shot himself one morning in MontanaAcyclic – A scarf escapes one autumn afternoonAdactylous – I built this awful time machine to save usAdage – Two cats, a window, and a peppy puppyAdagio – The composition of the universeAdam – Lillith and Eve in the land of NodAdamant – Underground anomaly provides linguistic comedyAdamite – The Wensleydales are quirky neighborsAdapt – An upbeat tune for cannibalsAdd – At the world’s endAddendum – Dead CEO still puts in an honest day’s workAdder – Honey Badger v. Puff AdderAddict – Meditation before the Opium WarsAdditament – Where you fit, where I don’tAddle – A rotten egg is dealt with by young brother & sisterAddress – Charlie Ben Studdard & the Amulet Caper IAdduce – Town’s dragon is not appeasedAdemption – Serena’s grandfather left her a penny farthingAdenectomy – Ralph has a gland removedAdept – An arsonist and a criminal, but what a voice!Adequacy – He cheats, she cheats, and the Bear comes homeAdhere – A good life for a garbage truckAdhesive – A present, no matter what kindAdhibit – Eloquent criminal taunts his pursuerAd hoc – Surviving frat brothers discuss their spider problemAd hominem – Charlie Ben Studdard & the Amulet Caper IIAdiabatic – Ino’s Plant – Part IIIAdiaphorous – Eulogy for my motherAdiathermancy – Charlie Ben Studdard & the Amulet Caper IIIAdieu – An insomniac’s love poemAdipocere – Dying man makes a deal with a swamp gatorAdipose – Guilty bootlegger runs for his lifeAdit – Dead canary puts an end to a mineAdjacency – Claire…Adjectivial – A biography of punk band Oliver & the Doon BuggysAdjoin – A cup of coffee after bungled intercourseAdjourn – Hamster father & son have a heart to heartAdjudge – A poem for the mad gunmanAdjudicate – Notes on leaving WaikikiAdjunct – Charlie Ben Studdard & the Amulet Caper IVAdjure – A dirge for Captain Talleyrand, thief of airAdjust – The pen is not mightier than the swordAdjutant – Smith and the Cannibals – Part IAdjuvant – Barfly philosophyAd libitum – Honey Badger v. LionAdmeasure – Olaf Erikson makes a wager with the monsterAdmetus – A tale of Hercules, death and marriageAdminicle – A professor teaches an unorthodox physics lessonAdminister – A broken man dreams of his true selfAdmirable – The Tao of EgomaniaAdmiral – Mermaids give planet Earth food for thoughtAdmission – Cecil was a miner. Jenny was his wifeAdmit – Charlie Ben Studdard and the Amulet Caper VAdmix – The end of a sinister ministerAdmonish – Smith and the Cannibals – Part 2Ado – Thoughts on Rebecca getting marriedAdobe – Charlie Ben Studdard and the Amulet Caper VIAdolescence – A short poem on the fickleness of fameAdonai – Ken yehi ratzonAdonis – The doomed lover of AphroditeAdopt – A godfather looks back on his lonely regretAdorable – The Bear steals away…Adore – Poem for half a house and half the love left in itAdorn – Poem for an old friendAdown – Poem for failure, or a birthdayAdrastus – The tale of the Seven against ThebesAdrenal – Charlie Ben Studdard & the Amulet Caper VIIAdrianople – Rome is sacked by the VisigothsAdrift – Poem for a tumbleweedAdroit – It is a fine thing, telling storiesAdscititious – No daydreaming allowedAdscript – Margot…Adsorb – Waking up in the back of a carAdularia – Charlie Ben Studdard & the Amulet Caper VIIIAdulate – Rhinoceri are remarkably stubbornAdult – Six-year-old Henrik opens XXX bookstoreAdulterate – A man slowly replaces his insides with sandAdultery – If she was, she’d be…Adumbrate – The recollection of a big, scary monsterAdunc – Christina had a parrot that growledAdust – What I say when I don’t say I love youAdvance – Granted, I was robbing banks before I knew youAdvantage – “You’re just going to have to let me say this…”Advection – Emily meets God and the devil in her kitchenAdvent – Compassionate lies make the best true storiesAdventitious – Your father is dying. What do you give him?Adventure – This is the game that is a game of gamesAdverb – A poem on the search for a wordAdversary – The insomniac’s sonnet

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"All the while I have been forgetting the third of my reasons for remaining so faithful a citizen of the Federation, despite all the lascivious inducements from expatriates to follow them beyond the seas, and all the surly suggestions from patriots that I succumb. It is for the reason which grows out of my medieval but unashamed taste for the bizarre and indelicate, my congenital weakness for comedy of the grosser varieties. The United States, to my eye, is incomparably the greatest show on earth."